Where does “befolkningstall” come from?
befolkningstall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål befolkning, from Norwegian Bokmål befolke, from German bevölkern, from German volk, from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką — to fill.
befolkningstall (Norwegian Bokmål): population number of people living in a certain area or country
Definitions
- population number of people living in a certain area or country
Ancestry of “befolkningstall”, step by step
befolkningstall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål befolkning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | befolkning | population |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | befolke | to populate |
| 3 | German | bevölkern | to populate |
| 4 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 5 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 6 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Norwegian Bokmål tall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tall | number, numeral, figure |
| 2 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |